Alfonso Marina Returns to High Point

March 1, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Case Goods on March 2, 2011

High-end furniture manufacturer Alfonso Marina is returning to High Point Furniture Market after a three-year hiatus.

Noted for hand-carved, inlaid marquetry furniture, Mexico City-based Alfonso Marina will open a new showroom, space 317 in Market Square, for the April 2-7 show.
 
The company will introduce fifty-four new designs, its largest collection ever, including traditional, contemporary and classic Asian designs in unusual antique finishes, beautiful in scale and proportion.
 
As an artist devoted to handcrafting fine wood furniture, Alfonso Marina established his company as a small atelier in 1971. What was once a small-scale cabinet shop has evolved into a 21st-century operation, in which preserving the skill and care of fine furniture craftsmanship has remained a priority.
 
In 1979, Alfonso Marina moved to its present factory location on the outskirts of Mexico City, where it employs approximately 300 people, many of them second- and third-generation craftsmen. Alfonso Marina produces highly elaborate and intricate designs with complex veneered faces, marquetry and bone inlays. The furniture utilizes wood from sustainable plantations as well as a wide variety of materials from all over the world. The company achieves freedom in design by manufacturing its own hardware.
 
"We are thrilled to have Alfonso Marina return to the High Point market," said Brian Bunch, vice president of leasing and assistant general manager for MMPI High Point. "Their product line is a perfect complement to the other high-end, design-driven product in our Market Square complex."